Rumours have been rife over who will be the next Bond ever since Daniel Craig announced he was hanging up his tuxedo for good last year. But while everyone from Idris Elba to Tom Hardy has been in the running in recent months, a new frontrunner has now emerged in the form of Happy Valley hunk James Norton. The British actor, who most recently stole hearts as Prince Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky in the BBC adaptation of War and Peace, appears to be the new favourite after bookies slashed odds of him playing the famous spy to 1/3 yesterday. Scroll down for video. James Norton appears to be the new favourite to play Bond, after bookies slashed odds of him donning a tuxedo to 1/3 yesterday. He has now leapt ahead of Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba and Damian Lewis The news may come as something of a shock to fans, as the actor was previously considered a rank outsider with odds of 25/1. But a flurry of new bets - coupled with the news that former favourite Aidan Turner has signed up to a new series of Poldark - prompted his odds to tumble, according to Paddy Power. ![]() This is a list of actors who were considered for the role of James Bond, both officially (auditioned by the film producers) and unofficially. The producers wanted to cast an actor with a 'known face'. Chester bennington biography book. Timothy Dalton. Felt the role was a new untested concept,. New James Bond Actor ChoicesNorton has now leapt ahead of Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba and Damian Lewis to replace Daniel Craig in the franchise based on the novels of Ian Fleming. Idris Elbra was considered a frontrunner at one point, but the Luther actor's odds are now at 10/1 The current Bond's four-movie contract came to an end with the release of 2015 blockbuster Spectre, after which he bluntly announced that he was 'over it' and would rather 'slash my wrists' than reprising the role for a fifth time. 'We’re done,' he told last year. 'All I want to do is move on.' However, any of the frontrunners looking to Craig for approval may be disappointed, as the star made it quite clear that he didn't care who his successor was. 'I don’t give a f***,' he added. 'Good luck to them! All I care about is that if I stop doing these things we’ve left it in a good place and people pick it up and make it better.
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